Podcast: The Really Big Ten

On the latest Sports Retort, how do Big Ten traditionalists make peace with the new, less-pedigreed teams headed for their conference? Can the quintessential symbol of the Midwest cope with now having miles of Atlantic coast and territory in the Mountain Time Zone? How does the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry compare with that of the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers? Plus, setting the four tiers of NFL teams.

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